Sacha Baron Cohen exits Freddie Mercury role in Queen movie

By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Sacha Baron Cohen has exited the role of flamboyant singer Freddie Mercury in a long-gestating Queen movie due to creative differences, an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap. Sony and GK Films spent years developing the project, which had been courting Baron Cohen's "Les Miserable" filmmaker Tom Hooper to direct, though insiders say the surviving members of Queen refused to approve the choice. ...

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